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تعرضت في عدة مقالات لممارسات وتجاوزات وجرائم سلطة الانقلاب ضد النقابات والنقابيين. وأوضحت ان تباكيهم الآن على استقلالية وحرية العمل النقابي ورفض تدخل السلطة، هو تباكي على مصالحهم، ومواقعهم التي نالوها بفضل سياسات النظام المدحور. وأوضحت في المقال السابق أن سلطة الانقلاب حل النقابات والاتحادات عدة مرات، وتدخلت في كافة تفاصيل العمل النقابي. واليوم، وكرد على قولهم بأنهم سيتقدمون بشكوى للحركة النقابية العالمية لحمايتهم من تغول السلطة، سأنشر نموذج من مواقف الحركة النقابية العالمية، من قضايا النقابات السودانية. والغريب حقا، ان الذين يتباكون الآن، وبلا وازع من اخلاق أو ضمير، وصفوا مواقف الحركة النقابية العالمية عندما كانوا في السلطة، بمؤامرات قوى الاستكبار العالمي والصهيونية التي تستهدف عقيدة الامة.
حددت الحركة النقابية العالمية، منذ اليوم الأول للانقلاب، موقفها مما يجري في السودان. وأصدرت منظمة العمل الدولية، احدى منظمات الأمم المتحدة، عدة قرارات حول الحقوق النقابية في السودان، وانتقدت قانون 1992 باعتباره قانونا معديا للحريات النقابية، كما قننتها المنظمة الدولية في تشريعات معروفة وملزمة للجميع. لقد اخترت نموذجين يمثلان منظمتين عالميتين، صدرا خلال فترات مختلقة. وهناك عشرات الوثائق التي صدرت منهما ومن اتحادات مختلفة، ومن المركز العالمي للحريات النقابية ومقره لندن. المهم ما سأنشره هنا، سيوضح لنقابيي النظام المدحور ان طريقهم مسدود. فالمنظمات العالمية كانت تتابع جرائم النظام السابق، ولا يمكن خداعها بدموع التماسيح.
الوثيقة الاولي وهي صادرة من لجنة حرية التنظيم النقابي، إحدى لجان منظمة العمل الدولية، التابعة للأمم المتحدة. وقد اخترها من حقبة التسعينات. اما الثانية فهي صادرة عن الاتحاد العالمي الحر للنقابات وتمثل حقبة أخرى، وذلك لتوضيح ان نقد ممارسات السلطة البائدة ، المعادية للنقابات، استمر لفترات طويلة..
(1) Report of ILO’s Committee on Freedom of Association Highlights Serious Abuses of Trade Union Rights in Colombia, Nigeria, and Sudan
Press release | 27 March 1997
GENEVA (ILO News) – Denouncing endemic violence against trade unionists – including murder, disappearance, intimidation and harassment in Colombia, Nigeria and Sudan – the Governing Body of the International Labour Office called for revisions to labour law and practice in these and 17 other countries.
The recommendations, presented in the Report of the ILO’s Committee on Freedom of Association, were adopted unanimously by the ILO Governing Body late last night. The Report presents definitive conclusions on 14 complaints of infringement of trade-union rights and interim conclusions on 10 complaints.
The Committee on Freedom of Association, established in 1951, oversees compliance with the fundamental principles of freedom of association, which guarantee, inter alia, the right of workers to organize and to engage in collective bargaining. It meets three times annually and consists of 3 government representatives, 3 employer representatives and 3 worker representatives.
Sudan
Regarding “very serious allegations of arrest and detention of trade union members,” the Committee urged the Government of Sudan to “take the necessary measures to guarantee that trade union members and officials are not subjected to measures of arbitrary arrest, detention and sentencing.”
Complaints lodged by the legitimate Federation of Workers’ Trade Unions of Sudan (FSTS) allege violation of workers’ rights, including the dismissal without appeal of more than 95,000 employees in state-run enterprises. FSTS has also brought allegations of torture and ill treatment of trade unionists in sectors as diverse as housing, railways, textiles and water and widespread restrictions on trade union activity in the aftermath of the country’s legislative revision which led to adoption of the 1992 Trade Union Act.
The Committee also requested the Government to open inquiries into the alleged deaths by torture of a number of prominent trade unionists between 1990-95, in order to establish the precise circumstances of their deaths and “to take the necessary steps for legal proceedings against the guilty parties and for the redress of the prejudice suffered.”
Calling attention to the many and serious incompatibilities between Sudan’s Trade Union Act and the principles of freedom of association, the Committee requested the Government of Sudan to review its legislation, drawing particular attention to the legislative aspects regarding the application of Convention No. 98, which Sudan has ratified.
( 2 ) ICFTU International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
Sudan: Annual Survey of Violation of Trade Unions Rights ( 2004)
There were no improvements. Sudanese Legislation does not allow for any genuine trade union activity and none is tolerated outside the state controlled SWTUF. Violations of labour decrees can be punished by death.
Background:
After the 1989 coup, the democratic trade unions were dissolved and most of trade union leaders were sacked or arrested. The 1992 Trade Union Act established a trade union monopoly controlled by the government. Since then, strikes are outlawed, and collective bargaining is nearly non-existent. Whenever a dispute arises, the Minister of Labour can refer the matter to compulsory arbitration> A government-appointed and controlled body sets salaries. The new labour code came into effect in December 2000. The new code continues to deny trade union freedoms and reinforces government control over trade unions.
The situation in Sudan is a matter of serious concern. Human rights activists, including trade unionists and especially journalists, have been harassed, intimidated, arbitrarily arrested, detained and tortured. Security officers usually act with impunity: while investigating cases, they are allowed to arrest and hold suspects and torture them. Trade unionists who do not tow the government’s line live under constant fear.
